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So could this be a case of a build up of sludge or something in the boiler, which was shifted slightly earlier when the pump was run with the boiler off, and as soon as the pump was turned up it tried to take too much water out of the boiler and sucked the sludge back into the outlet pipe from...

No they dont. But the pipe leading down from the pump upstairs is still as hot as it usually is. We took your advice about trying to see if can get pump to work without boiler being on, so turned off boiler,and turned heating on, and one of the radiators downstairs which had not been working...

Thanks for the reply..All I can tell you is what I can suss out...When the central heating is switched on first thing in the morning the boiler runs for a fair amount of time, obviously heating the water that has gone cold over night, then it switches off, as far as we can make out the water...

Our main concern is that, if it is as we think the boiler containing air, or steam pockets because of the noise it makes, can we sort it out ourselves or do we need to get someone in.

Yep, bled the pump, only got a little water out of it and no air, and yes the arrow is facing down, the way the water flows

Thanks Breezer. have a combi boiler, an economist, 10 years old, but nothing has changed on it except the new pump we put in yesterday. Just to add to my earlier post, forgot to mention, when we put in new pump and turned off the taps either side of it as you water continued coming out of it...

We have a problem with our central heating....The upstairs radiators work, and the pipe leading downstairs to the radiators is also hot, but none of the radiators are getting hot. A plumber friend suggested it might be the pump, so we installed a new pump, but no change. So we drained the system...